A dance missing in action.Your June issue really addressed the issues of contemporary life. I was surprised, however, by the exclusion from your list of "Dances of Protest" one of the most powerful anti-war works that I have experienced: Meredith Monk's unforgettable Quarry Quarry Cerynean stag captured by Hercules as third Labor. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Hall, 149] Cretan bull savage bull caught by Hercules as seventh Labor. [Gk. . I first saw it in the mid 1970s and the images, music, and movement remain engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. in my mind. It speaks eloquently el·o·quent adj. 1. Characterized by persuasive, powerful discourse: an eloquent speaker; an eloquent sermon. 2. of the cycles of violence and dictatorship dictatorship Form of government in which one person or an oligarchy possesses absolute power without effective constitutional checks. With constitutional democracy, it is one of the two chief forms of government in use today. that recur throughout human history and which have reappeared in our troubled time. GEORGE KAPLAN--NEW YORK, NY |
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